Canadian ISDM (formerly MEDS) Drifting Buoy Observations 

Canadian quality-controlled Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM, formerly MEDS) drifting
(and some moored) buoy data, used as input for International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere
Data Set (ICOADS).


Data from 
drifters with deep drogues, collected by the Institut fur Meereskunde, at the University of
Kiel from 1980 to 1996, are also archived in this dataset.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1978
    End:  2008

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1978
Temporal Range End 2008
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : Integrated Science Data Management (ISDM)
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Resource Format Binary
Standardized Resource Format Binary
Asset Size 905.071 MB
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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Author Integrated Science Data Management, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1990-03-15
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/7DWJ-SG31
Alternate Identifier d256000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:22:01Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d256000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Integrated Science Data Management, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada. (1990). Canadian ISDM (formerly MEDS) Drifting Buoy Observations. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/7DWJ-SG31. Accessed 13 October 2025.

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